Analyze how Brontë portrays women in society. Is this an early feminist book? How does Jane compare to contemporary women? Use direct quotations from the book and explain them to support your answer.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
How technology is changing written English
The topic for this assignment is how technology is changing written English. (Take the position of being bad, you just have to back up the position with sources.) You are to cite at least 3 independent sources for your paper. None of your primary sources can be Wikipedia or "The Keypad Solution." However, you can use The NYTimes Magazine's "On Language" archives for source material.
The Problem of Induction
discuss the role of "experience" in our ability to obtain knowledge of contingent things, and explicate the basis of Hume's skeptical doubts concerning the adequacy of past experience as a basis for making projections about the future. Describe Nelson Goodman's New Riddle of Induction, and discuss the relationship to Hume's problem.
The Master Butchers Singing Club
Identify and discuss the novel's use of one or more of the following literary conventions: Biblical or Classical Allusions; acts of communion; seasons; geography or weather; illness, disease, or disfigurement; violence and its aftermath. Remember that you must make some claim about the convention, not merely identify it.
Science of Stars
• Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you discuss the science of sunlight and stars. Include the following elements:
o Explain how astronomical instruments help astronomers determine the composition, temperature, speed, and rotation rate of distant objects.
o Explain the properties of stars in the diagram located in the “What is a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?” section in Ch. 15 of The Cosmic Perspective.
o Summarize the complete lifecycle of the Sun, including its nature and properties.
o Determine where the Sun is in its lifecycle.
o Explain how astronomical instruments help astronomers determine the composition, temperature, speed, and rotation rate of distant objects.
o Explain the properties of stars in the diagram located in the “What is a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?” section in Ch. 15 of The Cosmic Perspective.
o Summarize the complete lifecycle of the Sun, including its nature and properties.
o Determine where the Sun is in its lifecycle.
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